Murray's Manifest Needs
Achievement - Individual aspires to accomplish difficult
tasks, maintains high standards and is willing to
work toward distant goals; responds positively to
competition; willing to put forth effort to attain
excellence
Affiliation - Enjoys being with friends and people in
general; accepts people readily, makes efforts to
win friendships and maintain associations with
people
Aggression - enjoys combat and argument; easily annoyed,
sometimes willingto hurt people to get his or her
way; may seek to get even with people perceived as
having harmed him or her.
Autonomy - tries to break away from restraint,s confinement,
or restrictions of any kind enjoys being unattached,
free and not tied to people places or obligations;
may be rebellious when faced with restraints.
Exhibition - wants to be the center of attentio n; enjoys
having an audience; engages in behavior that wins
the notice of others; may enjoy being dramatic or
witty.
Impulsivity - tends to act on the spur of the moment and
without deliberation; gives vent readily to
feelings and wishes; speaks freely; may be volatile
in emotional expression
Nurturance - gives sympathy and comfort; assists others
wheneverpossible, interested in caring for children,
the disables, or the infirm ; offers a helping hand
to those in need; readily performs favors for others
Order - concerned with keeping personal effects and
surroundings neat and organized; dislikes clutter,
confusion, lack or organization; interested in
developing methods for keeping materials methodicaly
organized
Power - attempts to control the environment and to influence
or direct other people ; expresses opinions forcefully;
enjoys the role of leader and may assume it
spontaneously.
Understanding - wants to understand many areas of knowledge;
values synthesis of ideas, verifiable generalization,
logical thought, particularly when directed or
satisfying intellectual curiosity.